List of ship launches in 2020
# List of ship launches in 2020

This is a chronological list of ships launched or scheduled to be launched in 2020.

| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 January | South Korea | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering | | HMM Copenhagen | HMM Algeciras-class container ship | For Hyundai Merchant Marine |
| 19 January | United States | Marinette Marine | | USS Cooperstown | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy |
| 21 January | Germany | Schacht-Audorf | Lürssen | Project Hawaii | yacht | |
| 24 January | Finland | Meyer Turku | Turku | Mardi Gras | XL-class cruise ship | For Carnival Cruise Line |
| 4 February | Australia | Austal | Henderson | Bajamar Express | high-speed-trimaran | For Fred. Olsen Express |
| 11 February | Spain | Freire | Vigo | Belgica | | |
| 14 February | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Iona | Excellence-class cruise ship | For P&O Cruises |
| 14 February | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Annika Braren | | |
| February | Philippines | Austal Balamban shipyard | | Fjord FSTR | | For Fjord Line |
| 6 March | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Ace | Arklow B-series | For Arklow Shipping |
| 19 March | China | China Merchants Heavy Industry | Haimen | Ocean Victory | Infinity-class cruise ship | For SunStone Ships |
| 25 March | South Korea | Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries | | CMA CGM Tenere | LNG-powered container ship | For CMA CGM |
| 27 March | Russia | Admiralty Shipyard | Saint Petersburg | Kapitan Vdovichenko | trawler | For Russian Fishery Company |
| March | Poland | Remontowa | Gdańsk | | ferry | for Norled |
| March | Romania | VARD | Tulcea | Le Commandant Charcot | Icebreaker | For Compagnie du Ponant |
| 3 April | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Arklow Wood | | For Arklow Shipping |
| 10 April | | | Huanghai Shipbuilding | Zhong Hua Fu Qiang | Ferry | For Bohai Ferry |
| 25 April | China | Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding | Shanghai | | Type 075 landing helicopter dock | For Chinese Navy |
| 14 May | Netherlands | Holland Shipyards | | Gaarden | passenger ship | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel |
| 14 May | Egypt | | Alexandria | | Gowind-class corvette | For Egyptian Navy |
| 15 May | Netherlands | Royal IHC | Krimpen a/d IJssel | Mohab Mameesh | cutter suction dredge | For Suez Canal Authority |
| 16 May | Croatia | Brodosplit | | Ultramarine | cruise ship | For Quark Expeditions |
| 20 May | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Heike Lehmann | | |
| 20 May | Italy | Fincantieri | Genoa | Valiant Lady | cruise ship | For Virgin Voyages |
| 20 May | China | AVIC-Weihai | | Côte d’Opale | E-Flexer-Klasse | For Stena RoRo |
| 25 May | France | Brest Arsenal | Brest | | Pontoon boat | For Defence Infrastructure Service |
| 26 May | Germany | Lürssen | Rendsburg | | yacht | |
| May | China | Nanjing Jinling Shipyard | | ECO Barcelona | Grimaldi Green 5th Generation | For Grimaldi Group |
| 11 June | Italy | Fincantieri | Ancona | Viking Venus | Venice-class cruise ship | For Viking Ocean Cruises |
| 12 June | Netherlands | Ferus Smit | Westerbroek | Arklow Archer | | For Arklow Shipping |
| June | China | Keppel Nantong Shipyard | | | LNG Bunkering Vessel | For FueLNG |
| June | China | | | BraveWind | | For United Wind Logistics |
| June | Poland | | | Dresden | Fireboat | |
| 4 July | Vietnam | Piriou Vietnam | Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville | Via Alizé | fishing trawler | For Saupiquet |
| 4 July | France | Naval Group Piriou Kership | Concarneau | | OPV 87 patrol vessel | For Argentine |
| 6 July | France | Naval Group Piriou Kership | Lanester | | OPV 87 patrol vessel | For Argentine |
| 9 July | Germany | Lürssen | | Opus | yacht | |
| 14 July | Romania | VARD Tulcea SA | Tulcea | Hanseatic Spirit | Expedition-class cruise ship | For Hapag-Lloyd Kreuzfahrten |
| 24 July | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Spirit of Adventure | cruise ship | For Saga Cruises |
| 12 August | China | China Merchants Heavy Industry | Haimen | Ocean Explorer | Infinity-class cruise ship | For SunStone Ships |
| 20 August | Italy | Fincantieri | Monfalcone | MSC Seashore | Seaside-EVO-class cruise ship | For MSC Cruises |
| 25 August | Netherlands | Royal Bodewes | Hoogezand | Elke K. | | |
| 28 August | Germany | Ferus Smit | Leer | Thun Blyth | | |
| 31 August | China | Guangzhou Shipbuilding International | | | RoPax-ferry | For DFDS Seaways |
| 5 September | France | Chantiers de l’Atlantique | Saint Nazaire | Wonder of the Seas | Oasis-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| 6 September | Turkey | Tersan shipyard | | Havila Castor | | For Havila Shipping/Hurtigruten |
| 6 September | Turkey | Tersan shipyard | | Havila Capella | | For Havila Shipping/Hurtigruten |
| 11 September | Finland | Rauma Marine Constructions | Rauma | Aurora Botnia | ferry | For Wasaline |
| 18 September | Spain | Armon | Gijón | Eleanor Roosevelt | LNG-fueled fast ferry | For Baleària |
| 21 September | Turkey | Cemre Shipyard | | Wind of Hope | offshore supply vessel | For Louis Dreyfus Armateurs |
| 24 September | France | Ocea | Les Sables-d’Olonne | Lana | type OSV 190 SC-WB | For Nigerian Navy |
| September | Italy | Fincantieri | Muggiano | Musherib | patrol vessel | For Qatar Armed Forces |
| September | Vietnam | VARD | | Coral Geographer | expedition cruise ship | For Coral Expeditions |
| 1 October | Italy | Fincantieri | Marghera | Rotterdam | Pinnacle-class cruise ship | For Holland America Line |
| 14 October | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Kobe | JS Taigei | Taigei-class submarine | For Japanese Navy |
| 31 October | United States | Marinette Marine | | USS Marinette | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | For United States Navy |
| October | China | Tianjin Xingang | | Global Mercy | Hospital ship | For Mercy Ships |
| October | Portugal | WestSea Viana Shipyard | | World Navigator | cruise ship | For Atlas Voyages |
| October | China | Wuchang Shipbuilding | Wuhan | | patrol vessel | For Malaysian Navy |
| 10 November | China | Jinling Shipyard | | (Peter Pan) | Green Ship-class ferry | For TT-Line |
| 13 November | France | Naval Group | Morbihan | Lorraine | Aquitane-class frigate | |
| 13 November | Netherlands | | | Düsternbrook | passenger ferry | For Schlepp- und Fährgesellschaft Kiel |
| 13 November | China | Guangzhou Shipbuilding International | | | RoPax-ferry | For DFDS Seaways |
| 19 November | Japan | Mitsui E&S | Tamano | JS Kumano | Mogami-class frigate | For Japanese Navy |
| 28 November | Germany | Meyer Werft | Papenburg | Odyssey of the Seas | Quantum-class cruise ship | For Royal Caribbean International |
| November | United States | Chesapeake Shipbuilding | Salisbury, Maryland | American Melody | Cruise ship | For American Cruise Lines |
| 11 December | Brazil | Itaguaí Construções Navais | | Humaitá | Scorpène-class submarine | For Brazilian Navy |
| 16 December | China | Wuchang Shipbuilding | Whuan | | patrol vessel | For Malaysian Navy |
| 18 December | Russia | Chantiers de l’Amirauté | Saint-Pétersbourg | Severny Polyus | | |
| 22 December | Romania | VARD | Tulcea | Viking Octantis | Expedition vessel | For Viking Cruises |
| 30 December | China | ZPMC | | JDS 6000 | Ulstein SOC 5000-type | |
| December | Vietnam | Halong Shipbuilding | | Emerald Azzura | Cruise ship | For Emerald Cruises |
| December | Poland | Remontowa Shipbuilding | Gdansk | | Salish class-ferry | For BC Ferries |
